Jammu, 4th April (IANS): PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Monday took oath as Jammu and Kashmir's first woman chief minister heading a 22-member coalition ministry with the BJP -- and in no time attended office.

Thiruvananthapuram, 3rd April (IANS): A TV channel on Sunday released a letter written by solar scam accused Saritha Nair in which she says she was sexually exploited by Chief Minister Oommen Chandy at his official residence.

New Delhi, 3rd April (IANS): Uttar Pradesh police are working "on all angles" to find out the motive behind the killing of NIA officer Tanzil Ahmad, who was shot 21 times in an attack by unidentified assailants post-midnight on Saturday.

Ahmednagar (Maharashtra), 2nd April (IANS): A day after the Bombay High Court ruled that no law prevented women's entry into places of worship, women activists seeking entry were assaulted and prevented by villagers from praying at the Shani Shingnapur Temple on Saturday.

United Nations, 2nd April (IANS): China's Permanent Representative Liu Jieyi has reiterated Beijing's claim that Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohamed (JeM) chief Masood Azhar does not qualify as a terrorist who would have to face UN sanctions, after China put on hold a ban sought by India on the Pathankot terror attacks mastermind.